Sequoia National Park is a national park of the United States in the southern Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California. The park was established on September 25, 1890, and today protects 404,064 acres of forested mountainous terrain. From Wikipedia
38-year-old Tom Gerbier, an experienced mountaineer and ultra runner, was on a stopover for his Air France flight in Los Angeles when he embarked on his ill-fated hike; his tragic death marks the second fatality this year at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
